Ms. Harbert is the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. She is the former Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) where her office was the primary policy advisor to the Secretary and the Department on domestic and international energy issues, new policy initiatives, climate change programs and regulatory concerns.
Ms. Harbert advised the White House’s National Economic Council, National Security Council and Cabinet offices on all matters relating to energy policy, and regulatory and legislative matters. She is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the President’s energy policy initiatives, including the Advanced Energy Initiative and has testified numerous times in the U.S. Congress on the Administration’s energy policy. She was also a member of DOE’s Executive Board, Credit Review Board, Vice-Chairman of the International Energy Agency (IEA), and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin American and the Caribbean at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Ms. Harbert was the Regional Director for Latin American and Caribbean programs at the International Republican Institute and previously served as an Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Management at the Organization of American States. Ms. Harbert has worked at the Republican National Committee and for several presidential campaigns. She received a degree in international policy studies and political science from Rice University in Houston, Texas.
